Eye candy: Rosa
One reviewer called Jesús Orellana's moody sci-fi short "the geek event of the year". See it and decide for yourself.
Friday, November 18th, 2011
animation
Luxion ships KeyShot 3
Easy-to-use photorealistic renderer adds intriguing new no-keyframe system for technical animation.
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Eye candy: Pythagasaurus
Start your week with a helping of man-eating trigonometry in Aardman Animations' sublime new short.
Monday, October 31st, 2011
See making of videos for The Adventures of Tintin
Updated: the original videos have now been taken down, but you can still find them if you Google hard.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Joe Alter adds 3D paint tools to LipService for Maya
Current beta of the promising facial sculpting and animation plug-in gains intuitive 3D painting toolset.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Eye candy: Gorillavator
Check out Wiek Luijken's winning entry in the Houdini Apprentice Cook-Off contest. Short, but sweet.
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4 Advanced and Pro editions
High-end editions of the figure-posing tool add advanced render options, new rigging and skinning tools.
Friday, September 16th, 2011
ARTVPS releases Shaderlight 2 for SketchUp
Interactive rendering plug-in gains animation support and option to swap out billboards for 3D models.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
One to bookmark: Reference! Reference!
Need a video of a dwarf or a man twirling his mustache? This free animation reference library has both.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online
Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Project Dogwaffle team releases PD Artist 2
Cut-down version of PD Howler removes animation tools and half the price from the digital paint app.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Eye candy: For The King
A coachman goes through some serious job-description issues after his boss decides to dispense with the horse in this sparky new short.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: see the new tools in Softimage 2012.5
Watch Autodesk's movies of the new modelling and simulation tools in the upcoming Advantage Pack update.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011